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stinky

adj · name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈstɪŋki/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪŋki
  • homophone: Stinky
  • homophone: stinky
  • CMU ARPABET: S T IH1 NG K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • What is that stinky smell?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Bad, undesirable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • 1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 37, [...] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down. “Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.”
  • 2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 151, “School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.” “Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.
  • 2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 172, The binky drifted up and far away, To the man in the moon, I heard them say; A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A village in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A village in Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: childish

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boo-boo, boom-boom, BM, bowel movement, caca, cack, chocolate, chocolate hot dog, crap, crud, danna, dejection, dirt, do do, doo-doo, doody, dook, dookie, dooky, droppings, dump, dumplings, dung, Eartha, Eartha Kitt, excrement, faeces, faex, fecal matter, feces, flop, fudge, gong, ish, jobby, merd, muck, nature, number two, ordure, poo, pooh, poop, poopie, poo-poo, poopy, pure, purging, scat, sharn, shit, shite, soil, stool, thost, tom tit, turd, waste

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

having an unpleasant smell

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

very bad

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a lousy play
  • it's a stinking world

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink + -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), Low German stinkig (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich. Compare also Saterland Frisian stjunkerch (“stinky”), West Frisian stjonkerich (“stinky”).

Transliteration of Ukrainian Стінки (Stinky). Related to Ukrainian сті́нка (stínka, “wall, side”)

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aleut: chaknax̂ — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Arabic: نَتِن (natin) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Arabic: مُنْتِن (muntin) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Bashkir: һаҫыҡ (haśıq) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臭 (chòu) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Dutch: stinkend — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Esperanto: malbonodora — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Esperanto: odoraĉa — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Esperanto: fetora — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Esperanto: haladza — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Finnish: haiseva — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • French: puant — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • French: fétide — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • French: malodorant — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Galician: cheirento — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Galician: fedorento — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Georgian: მყრალი (mq̇rali) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • German: stinkend — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • German: stinkig — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Hungarian: büdös — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Italian: puzzolente — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Italian: puzzoso — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Italian: fetido — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Italian: fedente — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Japanese: 臭い (kusai) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Kapampangan: mabuluk — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Korean: 냄새나는 (naemsae-naneun) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Korean: 지독한 (jidok-han) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Old Tupi: nem — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Polish: śmierdzący — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Portuguese: fedorento — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Portuguese: fedido — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Portuguese: malcheiroso — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Portuguese: morrinhento — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Portuguese: catinguento — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Portuguese: fétido — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Romanian: împuțit — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Russian: воню́чий (vonjúčij) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Russian: злово́нный (zlovónnyj) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Spanish: hediondo — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Spanish: fétido — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Spanish: apestoso — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Spanish: maloliente — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Spanish: jediondo — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Swedish: stinkande — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Tagalog: mabaho — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Thai: เหม็น (měn) — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Vietnamese: hôi — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Vietnamese: thối — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Vietnamese: thúi — having a strong, unpleasant smell
  • Volapük: lusmelik — having a strong, unpleasant smell